On Elphinstone's Translation of Martial's Epigra
The speaker mocks Elphinstone as rejected by Poetry and Prose, tells him to proceed no further, and imagines Martial groaning and crying murder.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Epigram, Satirical Poetry · 40 words
First lines
O Thou whom Poetry abhors, / Whom Prose has turned out of doors, / Heard'st thou yon groan? -proceed no further, / 'Twas laurel'd Martial calling murther.
Genres
- Epigram — Four rhyming lines compress a rebuke to the translator into a final joke about Martial crying murder.
- Satirical Poetry — The speaker ridicules the translator through Poetry and Prose rejecting him and Martial's imagined protest.
Tags
translation · literary criticism · satire · epigram
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Epigram, Satirical Poetry
- Length: 40 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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